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Friday, October 26, 2012

Autumn Gift Wrapping

This kind of Autumn gift wrapping would be perfect for Thanksgiving presents, I guess. I actually made it for my mom, who is born in October. I spent one and a half hour shopping for her in my favorite bookstore (she is an avid reader and I wanted to surprise her) and only 10 minutes making this simple gift wrap, inspired by Fall. I chose natural items already in hand, like the gray yarn and the seabuckthorn branch. For a little extra bling, I went with a silver wrapping paper, although I don't normally use metallic decor. But I love the way the silver brings out the boosting color of the seabuckthorn :)

For those of you who never heard of seabuckthorn before, let me tell you that you can find it near the woods and it's pretty common here in Romania. Careful with those thorns, if you wanna pick it yourself! The seabuckthorn has a gigantic quantity of vitamin C (ten times more than oranges), as well as minerals and beta carotene. It is a powerful antioxidant and we use it to make a sweet-sour tea, to fight the cold.

Also, may I present my lovely assistant Anais, who is a tremendous help when it comes to wrapping gifts. She always gathers the materials needed for the job and sits on the wrapping paper, to keep it warm. Then, she makes sure that the yarn ball is properly confused, by spinning it around for a bit. Thank you, Anais, I am counting on your talents, now that we must prepare for Christmas gifts!

53 comments:

Oh, this is pretty! So simple yet elegant. Love the silver paper! I seriously lack when it comes to wrapping. I always want to go crazy, but by the time I get to wrapping things, I'm in such a rush, I just pull out the old cheesy wrapping paper. I'm jealous!

Danni, thank you - I chose "The House At Riverton" by Kate Morton and an anthology of Romanian comic stories from the late 1800s. At the last minute I said no to Murakami's "Norwegian Wood". Maybe for Christmas :)

Hey from tessacotton! Love your creation, so classy and lovely. I would be so thrilled if you would link up to my new, thanksgiving themed linky party, live today! http://tessacotton.blogspot.com/2012/10/thanksgiving-link-party.html

Simple and pretty. You are so clever. I love the pics with your cat! Thank you so much for visiting and adding your idea to the Thanksgiving Treats and Fall Fun Linky Party. I’m one of your co-hosts from OneCreativeMommy.com. If you linked up from one of the other co-host sites, I hope you’ll stop by my site for a visit.

Well that's just super cute :-) Thanks so much for linking up to our Halloween Linky Party! I love the pics with the cat :-) and this is just a super fun and easy way to wrap cute things this time of year!

Just to let you know I featured your wonderful project today.Stop by and grab a featured button and thank you so much for sharing your project.http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-inspiration-board-link-party.html

Beautiful and so simple. Thanks so much for linking up to the Thanksgiving Treats & Fall Festival Party! I also host a weekly linky party on Tuesday called The Gathering Spot and would love it if you'd link up sometime. Have a wonderful evening.

Thanks for linking up at tessacotton! I also pinned your awesome wrapping. I'd love it if you'd join with all your winter/holiday crafts at our new Christmas linky party!http://tessacotton.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-linky-party.html